St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-29
WITH RESISTLESS FURY.
That is the Way the Flames Swep!
Down on the Thriving Town of
Marshfield, Wis,
And in a Few Short Hours Reduced a
Prosperous Village to Snok-
ing Ash Heap.
But One or Two Houses Left to Mark
the Former Site of Hundreds
of Homes.
The Half Clothed and Starving Inhabi-
tants Removed to Other Places
0shkosh's Generosity.
Special TO the Globe

IL 40 a. m., Monday, fire was discovered
in the lumber yard of the Upham Man.
ufacturing company. The department
quickly responded and within six min
uteS had three streams of water playing
on the flames. The fire started in about
the center of the yard and SO dry was
the lumber that when the fire depart
ment arrived the flames had covered
three large piles of lumber, and it be-
came evident that no power on
earth could save the piles of
lumber. Attention was turned to saw
ing the Banner mills and elevator and
staying the progress of the flames.
Eastward slowly but surely the blaze
crept back; and they, too, were soon
abandoned. The flames then went
southwest to the furniture factory,
planning mill, veneer works. dry houses,
warehouses and paint shop, westward
to the saw mill. and the whole of Up
hams immense plant was in ashes.
Eastward they crept to Cramer & Sons
livery barn and the Travellers home,
having i'll the meantime
REACHED NoRTIIwARD
to the Wisconsin Central water tank and
the depot. the Been warehouses and
lumber piles of Adam Haffer, S. L..
Mason and NJ. j. Powers, and to the
First ward, sweeping everything before
them. Efforts were being made to keep
the flames from crossing the street
which was the key to the main business
portion of the city. This, too, proved
unavailing, the engines having been
driven from the pumps, and several hum
dred feet of the city hose and the
hook and ladder cart having been
burned. Quickly the blaze shaped
across the street to the Central house
and. barn and the barn of &. Toilette,
and crept down South Depot street. TAX
ing J. K. Ohls' blacksmith and wagon
shop, Henry Moldenhaur's saloon, the
Democrat office, Lizzie Kerk's millin-
cry store and dwelling, a. Horl's mar
-ket, j. Canniver's saloon, Sehmith's
trail avenue and South Depot
street, thence south, Then they
backed against the wind, sweeping over
Fassbender'S tailor shop, Thomas
Mersch's saloon and residence, F. Col
cher's barber shop, Samuel Courncou's
saloon, Berg's blacksmith shop, n.
Lahr's saloon. Mohl's market and bak-
cry. T. f. Lum'S harness shop, Most
Martins hotel and saloon. Here an
other attempt was made to stay the
store For time the prospects were
fiattering. several buildings having been
blown up with dynamite, but fate was
against every fort and the. store --tOo,
was soon in flames, as well as the shed,
L.eHarlett's hotel and saloon, the city
hall and the fremont house. The Clark
house, E. Lendstri's building, Miss
Powers millinery store and the ingalls,
building fell in their turn. In the mean
time the Thomas house. two blocks off,
took fire, and down Central avenue
came
THE AIIrDEvoURING ELEMENT.
Dolls residence and furniture store,
NOll IL Sons hardware store, A. Thomas
shoe shop, n. Berg'S residence. Elves
jewelry store, F. Theisen's harness
shop. E. Derby's furniture store, the
Hip building, Bogerand's photograph
gallery and residence, with the resi-
dences on Maple street were destroyed.
simultaneously the flames had jumped
to the Vannedom block, wiping out
KedOrs & Co.'S, KantZskey's, dentist;
Sexton, druggist; Masonic hall, II. T.
Farrow & Co.'s restaurant, n. F. Head
strom and B. Headstrom, notions,
and jcwelry, Budge's drug store, Mrs.
Morris saloon and residence. j. j.
Williams hardware, w. l.. Briggs
clothing, Rmmenoff's hall, Korth's
saloon and residence. Rumenoff's barn.
the Marshfieid house, Thorp's residence,
Springbone's residence, j. NJ. Norton's
residence and two tenement buildings
on Third street and the postoffice build
ing. DR.. Lathrop'S office. Cole & Parse'S
Office, Coon City clerks Office, j. Sermetz
hotel and saloon, the union market, the
American house and barn, Hillbe's fur
niturc shop and the municipal court
room on the West side, Gerwing's store,
George Seibert'S saloon and residence
and j. Siedie's meat market, Schmiller's
shoe shop. NJ. Raphe's residence, S.
Lucrcks saloon and residence. the
Times Office, Jcrion's residence and
barn, the Farmers Home and barn,
MarZahl & HoeioZ'S cigar factory, p.
Weber's residence all succumbed and
here the
PROGRESS OF TIE FLAMES
eastward were stayed. On the north
side of the First ward besides the beer
warehouse and lumber burned. the
warehouse of the Upham Manufacture
ing company and J. Rumenoff. the lat
ter operated by Nick Mellenback, j.
Covertures and G. Guckenbcrger' s
son, S. Evans, En-. S. Renne.
+. a. Cady, James Tallant and
some thirty others residences and
II dozen barns are in ashes.
At II O'Clock assistance was asked for
f. I'M Stevens Point. Capt. Joyce, of
th, Fire King. took the responsibility of
responding with crew. They arrived
! 80 p. H.. too late to be of much
vice with their engine, but they did
client service in saving property,
w king with Will to the end, which
Il not come until O'Clock p. III. Man.
vile, Spencer, Colby, Auburndalc
and Hewitt were also out i'll
force and rendered valuable assist
ancc in saving goods. 1t is impossible
at this time TO give any intelligent ap-
Proclamation of the loss, but it will not
be less than S4.000,000. the Upham COM
pary's loss being fully one-half that
amount. a large part CT the lumber
burned belonged TO Sanger Rockwell &
CO., of Milwaukee. The insurance is
hard TO estimate, but it is known that
nearly all were insured light, and in
many instances not at all.
FuKTHE: DETAILS.
MILWAUKEE, June 2S.-A special
from Marshfeld s:tys ii is impossible to
get al the exact figures of tie losses and
insurance by yesterdays fire. Tie loss
wtll exceed 81 100000 and The total in-
surancc may reach $500, 600. The agency
of J. Rely held 100000 worth of risks.
The burned district embraces eight
blocks, bounded as follows: A street.
OIL tase north, Fourth street Oil the SOUTH
Maple street on the east. and Chestnut
street on the west. The Upham Manu-